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Well, let's just hope the critics give this good scores once the embargo lifts today, because those will decide if it scores a $75M+ launch or if it opens in the low-$60M range. There's no novelty factor to protect it, so the Tomato will decide its fate.

I've read that its opening day is around 40% higher than the first one's. That seems good to me, unless I'm missing context.

I don't buy this. There's no way it cost significantly less than at least Dune 2 with all of the huge CGI setpieces we've seen.

I'm shocked it's set to do that well to be honest. Between Afterlife coming and going without much of a trace, the mediocre presales and the poor reviews, this was poised to be this year's Shazam 2. That it managed to overcome those suggests that maybe there is still a future for this franchise. This one will likely be less profitable than Afterlife since it has lesser word of mouth and a bigger budget, so another live action movie might not be certain, but at least that animated movie in the works could do fairly well if it's any good.

The 5th for me, since our distributor delayed it to avoid Ramadan. I can't say I blame them though, since John Wick 4's total admissions were marred by it, and Mario did pretty poorly here because of it, to the point where it ended up falling behind Sonic 2 by around 10% here.

The weird cult following that 2016 reboot has on here, and almost nowhere else, will always perplex me a little. It also makes me take the disdain people here have for the franchise less seriously. I am not looking forward to this weekend's thread at all.

I'm among them. I have no attachment towards the brand at all, and was waiting on reviews to decide if I want to see this or not. Now I know to save my money for the far better movie out the week after.

I'm not sure what happened with Panda 2, but I'm pretty sure Dragons 2 underperformed because of the TV series at the time diminishing the novelty factor by a lot.

Those worker abuse headlines making the rounds a few weeks after the movie's release soured people, at least here, on it, and might've even cost it the Oscar. Phil Lord's tantrums on Twitter aren't helping either. People being over superheroes in general might be another factor that gave Heron the edge.

We can only hope at this point.

That's so disappointing for Dune 2. Great for Panda 4, but I just wish it wasn't eating into Dune's lunch. I want to be excited for this, but after how hollow and dull the first movie was, I don't really feel anything. They'll create another 90-minute key jingling session and it'll still make more than all three Sonic movies combined even if it pulls a King of the Monsters and drops off a lot because of the lack of novelty, because there's no justice in this world.

That's a fantastic result for Panda, and the opening weekend will be double what most, including I, expected. And no one had it on their radar, nor were they hyped for it. Those of you underestimating Ghostbusters 4 and Godzilla x Kong should keep this in mind going forward. You never know! Dune 2's Friday wasn't as glorious as I wanted, which is an indication Panda 4 might be eating into it to an extent. Hopefully it scores a big increase during the rest of the weekend and at least gets to the mid-$40Ms range. That's honestly depressing, and further punctuates how far DreamWorks has fallen in the years since. The constant flops and shakeups and Comcast merger just sucked their soul out. And Comcast has been mostly neglecting them in favour of their golden boy. As much as the Panda 4 previews don't impress me at all, I hope this success motivates Comcast to finally start showing their stepchild some much-needed attention.

Nice. How is Dune doing?

Wow, that's very impressive for Panda 4, especially when you take the lukewarm reception and nonexistent buzz into account. And Dune 2's Thursday hold is fantastic. We're in for the most lucrative weekend we've had in ages.

Voldy's implying Thursday could actually increase from Wednesday, which sounds kind of insane. On a related note, is anyone else having this urge to see the movie again this weekend? I usually don't rewatch movies in theaters, but Dune 2 was such a spectacular experience that I want to do it again one more time before it inevitably leaves the bigger auditoriums. I'm thinking about seeing the movie again tomorrow after my anatomy course ends. It's not like I have anything else going on that day. I wanted to see The Holdovers as it's out tomorrow here, but it's unsurprisingly not playing in my area, so Dune 2 it likely is.

This looks amazing. The difference between Kung Fu Panda 4 and this is night and day. I also wonder if Dean DeBlois's executive producer credit here is an indication that he was originally at least co-directing this with Sanders before he went off to do the Dragons live action remake for the main Universal studio. Also, this movie is the end of an era in a way, as it'll be the last DreamWorks movie to be animated fully in-house in Glendale. You'd think Puss 2 being a surprise hit would motivate Universal to invest some actual money into the studio, but I guess not. Sad.

I don't know, with Denis saying a bunch of times that he'd want to do something else first before finishing his Dune story, it might be a while before we hear official word on Messiah. Dune 2 got off the ground as quickly as it did thanks to Denis originally planning to shoot both it and the first movie together, and presumably already having a script, or at least something close to one, ready to go. Also, that first movie was bringing in impressive amounts of international revenue for almost a month by the time it opened in the US, so the studios had plenty of time to make the final decision. Messiah will most likely be made, there's little doubt about it at this point, but I think it's another 4-5 years off.

Yeah, I was honestly pretty disappointed in his role here. That's the one sore spot of this movie for me. But even that is smothered out by there still being plenty of villanous energy going around in some other key characters.

Much better previews than expected. I really hope the weekend is just as fruitful. This is, without a shadow of a doubt, one of the best movies I've ever seen. Nearly 3 hours of cinematic perfection. The direction, the story, the acting, the score and the special effects are all spectacular. This is what cinema should be. It takes an already great story started in the first movie and elevates it to pure art. LONG LIVE THE FIGHTERS!!!!! ALL HAIL MY ARRAKIS! MY DESERT! MY DUNE!!!!!

Well, it's good to know we are getting Dead Reckoning Part 2 this year after all.

I think this movie will be a good barometer to show how much Oppenheimer would've made without the viral Barbie connection and especially in a world without TikTok.

I'd be really curious to see someone make a video comparing scenes from the final movie to the exact counterparts from the first trailer, assuming a Josstice-like rework is in order. This is one production I'd love a deep dive into.

Sorry to bump the thread like this, but this has essentially been confirmed by Voldy's Ballerina scoop coming to fruition earlier in the week.

It's the same reason why Mickey 17 is being dumped in January. These expensive duds aren't going to be the current regimes' problem soon enough.

I mean, Voldy, who just got validated with the recent Ballerina news, was also claiming Kraven would take this movie's spot. We can definitely count on that happening now.